Just wondering

[wader62784]

I was just wondering if the "masters" of this style of thinking could throw out more things to think of while playing?

Between the thoughts of Pat Harbison on the Bill Adam message board and all of the vital info allotted in this board, players all around the world are given the chance to "study" the famous schools of thought.

Thanks for your time and consideration.
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[tcutrpt]

Thinks of the MUSIC. That's pretty much it. Get the sound you want in your head and let all your complex muscles do what they do. Just be a singer in your brain as Arnold Jacobs said. The only physical thing the Chicago School stressed a great deal was breathing, but that was to be done away from the horn to form good habits that carry over to playing without thinking about the breath.

Matt

[_Don Herman]

What Matt said.

Many Chicago teachers developed the physical side of things via a musical approach. Certainly Adams and other "greats" used a sound model to drive their students to produce great sound without a lot of physical description. Jacobs oftentimes seemed to "overload" a student initially, perhaps just to show them how much knowledge it takes to understand the physical side and why it doesn't matter!

I think where many go wrong with this approach when trying it on their own is at least partly:
1. They do not experiment, but keep flailing away at the same old problems pretty much the same old way;
2. They do not realize the amount of air pressure really required (the airflow actually ain't all that great);
3. They fail to really get the "song" concept of being able to look at a piece of music and hear it -- all of it, pitch, sound, dynamics, all that makes it "music" -- in their mind and playing along with that in mind.

FWIW - Don
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